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There are more than one band that go by this name: Trafo (Austria) Daniel Pabst / Chris Janka / Claudius Jelinek / Emanuel Preuschl Trafo (Czech Republic) Michael Wiederman (bass) / Martin Kašpar (guitar) / Tomáš Bajer (keyboard) / Petr Cígl (drums) www.bandzone.cz/trafo Trafo (A) Trafo is a good working band in Austria. We are playing in the big concerthalls but for sure in the section of subcultural events. We had the presentation of our last record in the Wiener Konzerthaus, and actually we are working on a new CD with an interesting theme. We are covering some of the...

Giorgos Kontrafouris was born in Athens, Greece in 1967. He studied classical piano at the National Conservatory in Athens. At the age of 16, he turned his interest to jazz music and he followed up jazz improvised lessons with Markos Alexiou. He studied also with Jim Beard and Jarmo Savolainen. He holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Jazz Performance from Sibelius Academy in Finland. He has performed as piano or organ player with many famous and outstanding musicians such as: Mark Johnson, Arild Andersen, Marcus Stockhausen, Louisiana Red, Keith Copeland, Andy Sheppard, Ralph Peterson Jr., Bob Brozman,...